Adventures in architecture for kids : 30 design projects for STEAM discovery and learning / Vicky Chan.
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TextSeries: Design genius juniorPublisher: Beverly, MA : Rockport Publishers, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 144 pages : colour illustrations ; 26 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781631599729Subject(s): Architecture -- Juvenile literature | Handicraft -- Juvenile literatureDDC classification: 720 Summary: Introduces kids to the design challenges faced by architects today, including choosing materials, designing for diverse users, and considering the environment. Offering a world of possibilities for learning math, engineering, history, social studies, planning, geography, art, and design, this rich educational resource includes hands-on projects that allow kids to experiment, design, build, succeed, fail, and try again. Children will draw upon many fields of knowledge and sharpen a variety of skills, including observation and communication, as they: Complete building challenges with corrugated cardboard and geodesic forms; Look at how designers have solved impossible problems of gravity and space with creations such as suspension bridges, the Loretto helix staircase, and Brunelleschis dome; Explore how materials can be used in interesting ways, such as how paper can go from flimsy to structural; Participate in family game playing: client and design team-finding creative ways to meet a clients wish list. Use games to test strength, balance, and structure; Engage in pure imaginative archi-doodling; Explain the why.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Junior Non Fiction | S.T.E.A.M. | J 720 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 22/06/2024 | 31111083428852 |
Includes index.
8+ years old.
Introduces kids to the design challenges faced by architects today, including choosing materials, designing for diverse users, and considering the environment. Offering a world of possibilities for learning math, engineering, history, social studies, planning, geography, art, and design, this rich educational resource includes hands-on projects that allow kids to experiment, design, build, succeed, fail, and try again. Children will draw upon many fields of knowledge and sharpen a variety of skills, including observation and communication, as they: Complete building challenges with corrugated cardboard and geodesic forms; Look at how designers have solved impossible problems of gravity and space with creations such as suspension bridges, the Loretto helix staircase, and Brunelleschis dome; Explore how materials can be used in interesting ways, such as how paper can go from flimsy to structural; Participate in family game playing: client and design team-finding creative ways to meet a clients wish list. Use games to test strength, balance, and structure; Engage in pure imaginative archi-doodling; Explain the why.
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